>>2890994Endurance is more important than landing superficial hits. If you can't make your strikes count, you're just tiring yourself out, and when you're tired you're going to leave yourself open to the strikes that do count.
You see this a lot in boxing (I mean, the matches that aren't fixed). Punching the hell out of someone's bracing arm and chest muscles does exactly fuck all, but it only takes one blow to the jaw at the right angle to completely knock someone unconscious. Tired arms leave openings, but arms sore from a couple punches hold strong.
